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A  system  of  Shorthand  that  can  be 


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WRITTEN    RAPIDLY, 

and  READ  EASILY. 


Intended  for  use  by 
the  rest  of  the  English  Speaking  "World 


By 

S.   Irving  Strayer,-  ' 

^resident  of  Strayer's  Business  College, 
Author  of  Strayer^s  Universal  Shorthand. 


Published  by 

S.  IRVING  STRAYER, 

No.  225  E.  Raltimork  St.,  Baltimork,  Md. 


Copyrighted  J  900, 


BY 


S.    IRVING    STRAYER 


PREFA'C'E. 


Straj'er's  Shorter  Shorthand,  as  taught  in  this  book, 
can  be  learned  in  a  small  fraction  of  the  time  required 
to  learn  the  systems  of  shorthand  now  in  general  use, 
and,  when  learned,  is  speedy  enough  for  all  kinds  of  or- 
dinary amanuensis  stenographic  work,  and  can  be  read 
with  absolute  certainty. 

It  is  just  the  thing  for  the  person  who  needs  short- 
hand for  his  own  use  in  taking  notes,  making  memoran- 
dums, or  in  writing  and  re-writing  sermons,  editorials, 
j^  magazine  articles  and  the  like.    It    is  just  the  thing 
jF"  for  the  preacher,  lawyer,  editor,  author,  teacher,  stu- 
tk  dent,  etc.,  and  it  is  just  the  thing  for  the  person  who 
v«  wishes  to   tit  himself  quickly  for  an  office  position  as 
^  stenographer  or  private  secretary.    It  is  just  the  thing 
^2  for  all  of  them,  because  it  can  be  learned  so  quickly  and 
^  read  Avitb  such  absolute  certainty.    Those  are  the  two 
'-'  points  in  which  it  differs  so  radically  from  all  that  has 
ever  before  been  offered  to  the  public  in  the  line  of 

shorthand  that  it  stands  in  a  class  by  itself. 
ro 

?•*  The  author  confidently  believes,  and  expects  soon  to 
fc9  have  thousands  of  testimonials  to  prove,  that  the  entire 
z  system  can  be  learned  in  six  weeks,  or  less  time,  by  any 
T  intelligent  person  who  will  study  and  practice  faithfully 
one  hour  each  day,  and  if  it  can  be  learned  in  so  short  a 
time,  it  should  be  learned  by  every  man,  woman  and 
111   child  who  can  read  and  write,  with  a  few  exceptions. 

Learn  it,  and  send  in  your  testimonial  concerning  the 
time  required  for  you  to  learn  it,  and  then  when  you 
have  proved  for  yourself  what  a  good  thing  it  is,  recom- 
mend it  to  all  of  your  friends  who  would  be  benefited  by 

it,  and  oblige 

THE  AUTHOR. 

Note.— The  last  page  of  this  book  has  been  ruled  so 
that  you  can  easily  keep  a  record  on  it  of  the  number 
of  hours  you  spend  in  learning  this  system  of  short- 
hand.   Use  the  record  page  and  report  the  result. 


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STRAYER^S  BUSINESS  COLLEGE. 


Strayer's  Business  College,  No.  335  East  Baltimore  St., 
Baltimore,  Md.,  the  home  of  this  system  of  shorthand, 
began  its  career  in  Baltimore  In  the  fall  of  1893.  It 
opened  with  nine  students,  and  four  rented  typewriters. 
Something  about  its  growth  can  be  judged  from  the 
fact  that  its  report  made  January  1st,  1900,  showed  that 
546  different  students,  from  ten  diflfei'ent  states,  had 
attended  it  during  the  year  1899;  that  its  tuition  re- 
ceipts for  the  year  had  amounted  to  considerably  more 
than  $10,000;  that  it  then  kept  eight  teachers  busy  day 
and  night;  that  it  owned  more  than  fifty  Remington 
and  Smith  Premier  typewriters,  besides  some  machines 
of  other  makes;  and  that  it  had,  during  the  year,  leased 
and  equipped  a  College  Boarding  Hall  in  the  nicest  resi- 
dence section  of  Baltimore,  at  a  cost  of  over  $1,400,  at 
which  to  furnish  board  and  room  to  Its  out-oftown 
students  at  the  rate  of  $3  a  week. 

Strayer's  Business  College  is  now  the  leading  Busi 
ness  College  of  Baltimore,  and  it  is  still  growing.  It 
has  very  fine  school  rooms,  the  best  of  teachers,  and 
exceptionally  thorough,  practical,  and  complete  courses 
in  Shorthand,  Typewriting,  Bookkeeping,  etc.,  etc. 
Its  charges  for  tuition  are  much  lower  than  those  of 
similar  schools.  It  furnishes  all  text-books  and  sta- 
tionery free,  and  it  guarantees  a  situation  for  every 
one  of  its  graduates.  Do  not  allow  any  pei'son  of  your 
acquaintance  to  go  to  Business  College  without  first 
getting  its  catalogue. 


STRAYER'S  SHORTER  SHORTHAND, 


Lesson  I . 

In  learning  the  alphabet,  study  and  practice  the  first 
five  lines  of  the  first  and  second  perpendicular  columns 
until  you  know  them  thoroughly  ;  then  study  and  prac- 
tice the  first  five  lines  of  the  third  and  fourth  perpendic- 
ular columns  until  they  are  mastered  ;  after  that,  learn 
the  next  five  lines  of  the  first  and  second  perpendicular 
columns  ;  then  learn  the  four  small  letters  in  lines  nine 
and  ten;  and  after  that,  learn  the  remainder  of  the 
alphabet.  When  the  alphabet  is  taken  in  sections  in 
this  way,  it  is  easy  to  learn.  We  think  it  can  be  learned 
quickest  by  writing  an  entire  line  of  p  and  b ;  then  an 
entire  line  of  t  and  d  ;  then  an  entire  line  of  ch  and  j  ; 
and  so  on.  The  student  should  think  of  the  name  of 
each  letter  as  it  is  written,  or  better  still,  pronounce  it 
aloud. 

Go  over  the  alphabet,  writing  an  entire  line  of  each 
pair  of  letters,  until  you  know  the  shorthand  alphabet 
as  well  as  you  know  the  alphabet  of  ordinary  writing  ;  a 
hundred  times  or  more,  if  necessary. 

All  of  the  letters  should  be  Avritten  dowuAvard  except 
those  in  the  fifth  and  tenth  lines  :  r,  rm,  u,  ah,  1,  sh,  y,  w, 
which  are  always  written  upward. 

Air  of  the  letters  are  light  lines  except  the  first  seven 
letters  in  the  second  perpendicular  column  and  the  first 
five  letters  in  the  fourth  perpendicular  column,  which 
are  shaded. 

The  large  letters  should  be  made  of  uniform  length, 
and  the  little  letters  found  in  the  third  and  fourth  per  - 
pendicular  columns  should  be  made  only  one-fifth  as 
long  as  thellarge;,letters. 


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ALPHABET. 


1  \      p  ^      b  *»  i  A     oi 

2  I        t  Id  <  a  I      oo 

8  /       ch         I        \  /  e  /      ow 

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Do  not  take  the  next  lesson  until  thealphabethas  been 
thoroughly  mastered,  since  the  remaining  lessons  can  be 
learned  much  quicker  if  the  alphabet  is  well  kuoAvn. 

In  writing  shorthand,  it  will  be  found  better  to  hold 
the  pencil  between  the  first  and  second  fingers  instead  of 
in  the  usual  manner,  between  the  thumb  and  first  finger. 
The  student  is  advised  to  use  a  soft  medium  pencil.  We 
recommend  as  the  best  cheap  pencil  the  No.  140  Eagle 
pencil ;  as  the  best  expensive  pencil,  the  Dixon  steno- 
graphic pencil  No.  490,  soft  medium. 

Directions  for  Studying  and  Practicing  the 
second,  third,  fourth,  fifth  and  sixth 
lessons. 

Learn  the  rules  thoroughly. 

Spell  out  all  the  words  in  the  shorthand. 

After  you  have  finished  spelling  out  the  words  in  the 
shorthand,  write  an  entire  line  of  the  shorthand  charac- 
ter for  each  word,  thinking  each  time  how  the  shorthand 
character  and  the  position  spell  the  word.  AT  hen  you 
have  titiished  the  lesson  once  in  that  way,  go  over  it 
again  and  again  in  the  same  way,  ten  times,  or  more,  if 
necessary,  until  you  can  write  all  of  the  words  readily 
from  the  key,  without  looking  at  the  shorthand,  and 
without  making  any  mistakes. 

When  you  have  mastered  the  shorthand  so  that  you 
can  write  it  from  the  key  as  above  directed,  practice 
each  word  of  the  writing  exercise  in  the  same  way,  until 
you  can  write  all  of  those  words  without  hesitancj''. 

Review  all  that  you  have  learned  thus  far  before  be- 
ginning Avork  on  the  next  lesson.  In  reviewing,  read  all 
of  the  rules  carefully,  and  practice  writing  all  of  the 
shorthand  and  all  of  the  writing  exercises  that  you  have 
been  over. 


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STRAYER'S  SHORTER  SHORTHAND. 


Lesson  2. 


In  shorthand,  we  omit  most  of  the  vowels  and  indicate 
what  vowel  is  to  be  read  after  the  first  consonant  of  each 
word,  by  the  position,  with  reference  to  the  line,  in  which 
we  write  the  first  consonant. 

Whenever  the  first  consonant  of  a  word  is  written  up 
above  the  line,  either  e,  i  or  oi,  is  to  be  read  after  it. 
See  lines  1  and  3. 

Whenever  the  first  consonant  of  a  word  is  written 
resting  on  the  line,  like  ordinary  writing,  either  a,  o,  ah 
or  aw,  is  to  be  read  after  it.    See  lines  3  and  4. 

Whenever  the  first  consonant  of  a  word  is  written 
crossing  the  line  or  under  it,  either  u,  oo  or  ow,  is  to  be 
read  after  it.    See  lines  5  and  6. 

When  the  first  consonant  of  a  word  is  a  little  letter  and 
is  followed  by  a  large  letter  written  downward,  the  large 
letter  is  placed  to  show  the  position  instead  of  the  little 
letter.    See  line  7. 

If  a  word  begins  with  a  vowel,  that  voAvel  is  written 
and  the  vowel  following  the  first  consonant  is  indicated 
by  the  position  of  the  consonant.    See  line  8. 

Commit  to  memory  that  the  first  place  vowels  are  e,  i, 
oi ;  the  second  place  vowels  a,  o,  ah,  aw;  and  the  third 
place  vowels  u,  oo,  ow  ;  and  that  the  first  position  is 
above  the  line,  the  second  position  resting  on  the  line, 
and  the  third  position  crossing  the  line  except  for  the 
little  letters  and  the  horizontal  letters  like  k,  g,m  andn^ 
in  which  case  it  is  under  the  line.  Commit  the  vowels 
and  positions  to  memory  so  thoroughly  that  you  can  take 


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a  book  or  newspaper  and  tell  without  hesitancy  In  which 
position  every  word  in  it  should  be  written. 

When  a  small  letter  is  a  word  without  any  vowel  being 
indicated  by  the  position,  ^ve  write  it  in  its  natui-ai  posi- 
tion according  to  the  vowel  scale,  as  a,  you  and  I,  are 
written  in  line  11.  When  a  word  containing  one  or  more 
large  letters  is  spelled  in  full,  so  that  no  position  is 
needed  to  show  a  voAvel  omitted,  we  still  write  it  in  the 
position  in  which  it  would  appear  if  its  vowel  Avere 
omitted,  like  the  words  up,  am,  it,  at  and  each,  are  writ- 
ten inline  11. 

When  for  any  reason  the  letters  or  parts  of  aAvord  will 
not  join  easily,  they  may  be  written  disjoined,  but  in  all 
Euch  cases  the  parts  of  the  word  must  be  written  real 
close  together,  as  in  the  words  had  and  yet,  in  line  7,  and 
the  word  idea,  in  line  8. 

If  a  word  has  more  than  one  vowel  in  it,  onlj'  the  vowel 
folJowicg  the  first  consonant,  is  indicated  by  the  posi- 
tion, and  the  other  vowels  are  usually  omitted,  but  in 
any  c^se  where  this  does  not  make  the  word  plain  enough , 
other  vowels  may  be  inserted  as  needed,  to  make  the 
word  as  plain  as  print. 

Notice  by  referring  from  the  shorthand  to  the  key, 
that  in  shorthand,  Avords  are  spelled  as  they  sound  and 
not  according  to  the  ordinary  spelling.  Some  shorthand 
characters  would  si^ell  more  than  one  word  but  that  is 
only  the  case  with  simple  outlines,  and  in  such  cases, 
the  sense  of  the  sentence  containing  them  would  indi- 
cate clearly  which  word  should  be  read. 

Notice  that  the  letter  ng,  is  used  for  ing,  as  in  the  word 
lacking,  in  line  4,  and  waiting.  In  line  7. 

In  leai'ning  tnis  lesson  follow  the  directions  given  on 
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KEY» 

1.  The,  time,  my,  see,  life,  ship,  help. 

2.  Be,  him,  wish,  we,  keep,  live,  she,  check. 

3.  They,  take,  shape,  know,  pay,   go,  packing, 
showing. 

4.  Laugh,    make,     back,    lacking,   may,     job, 
say,  low. 

5.  To,  took,   love,   shoe,    young,   few,   much, 
chum. 

6.  Do,   move,  book,  shook,   room,  who,  whom, 
touch. 

7.  With,  have,  had,  what,  which,  would,  yet, 
waiting. 

8.  Ago,  issue,  echo,  item,  idea,  error,    away, 
example. 

9.  Quite,  mouth,    catch,   health,    push,    week, 
law,  rub. 

10.  Why,  he,  fact,  long,  one,  hope,  day,  few. 

11.  A,  you,  I,  up,  am,  it,  at,  each. 

12.  Cheap,  cash,  name,  new,  page,  come,  damp, 
cook. 

13.  Way,    them,     any,     temple,    reach,    wave, 
game,  maximum. 


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WRITING  EXERCISE. 


1  rock,  2  pack  3  top,  4  chime,  5  boom, 
6  thy,  7  me,  8  no,  9  high,  10  leave,  11  by, 
12  quit,  18  shop,  14  baking-  15  looking,  16  rich, 
17  how,  18  odd,  19  now,  20  wait,  21  out, 
22  head,  23  doing,  24  watch,  25  came,  26  thing^ 
27  along,  28  to-day,  29  half,  30  teach,  31  noth- 
ing, 32  sigh,  33  pick,  34  fish,  35  tame,  36  lath, 
37  home,  38  view,  39  going,  40  look,  41 
quote,  42  joy,  43  hauling,  44catch,  45  quick, 
46  back,  47  knew,  48  wedge,  49  rob,  50  fee, 
51  cup,  52  walking,  53  white,  54  lock,  55  wing, 
56  heating,  57  dock,  58  hack,  59  heap,  60  shave, 
61  faith,  62  Ida,  63  autumn,  64  atom,  65  egg^ 
66  ache,  67  ash,  68  ripe,  69  twitch,  70  hang, 
71  damp,  72  weave,  73  wheat,  74  hiding,  75  tack, 
76  lime,  77  thick,  78  ream,  79  youth,  80  air, 
81  owing,  82  ear,  83  leap,  84  dish,  85  rage, 
86  maxim,  87  varying,  88  tumble,  89  both, 
90  like,  91  queen,  92  wash,  93  wrong,  94  twit, 
95  tooth,  96  tax,  97  box,  92  neck,  99  camp, 
100  baggage. 


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STRAYER'S  SHORTER  SHORTHAND. 


Lesson  3. 

A  small  circle  is  used  for  s  and  a  large  circle  for  ses, 
sez,  zez  and  similar  sounds.    See  lines  1  and,^3 

A  small  loop  is  used  for  st  and  a  larger  loop  for  str. 
See  linea  3  and  A.   t>"—  ^ 

The  s  and  ses  circles  and  the  st  and  str  loops  may  be 
formed  at  either  the  beginning  or  end  of  letters,  accord- 
ing to  where  they  are  to  be  read,  but  should  ahvays  be 

formed  on  the  right  hand  side  of  p,  b,  t,  d,  ch  and  j,  and 
on  the  upper  side  of  k,  g,  r  and  rm,  and  on  the  inner  side 
of  curved  letters,  exceptthat  when  s  comes  between  two 
other  letters,  the  circle  may  be  formed  on  the  most  con- 
venient side. 

The  s  circle  may  be  formed  on  the  same  side  of  little 
letters  as  on  the  large  letters  of  the  same  shape,  but  the 
st  and  str  loops  are  never  formed  on  the  little  letters. 

The  stroke  s  learned  in  the  alphabet,  should  be  used 
whenever  s  is  the  only  part  of  a  syllable  that  is  written, 
as  in  the  words  seeing  and  saying,  in  line  9. 

If  a  word  ends  with  sy  orty,  or  with  s  or  t  followed  by 
any  vowel  to  form  a  syllable,  the  s  or  t  stroke,  as  learned 
in  the  alphabet,  is  written,  and  the  y,  or  vowel,  may 
usually  be  omitted,  but  persons  preferring  to  do  so,  may 
write  the  y  or  vowel,  to  secure  greater  legibility.  See 
line  10. 

It  is  a  general  rule  in  shorthand  that  there  should  be  a 
stroke  for  each  syllable  of  every  Avord,  as  in  line  10  in 
this  lesson,  and  students  will  do  well  to  remember  this 
rule  and  follow  it  in  their  writing,  since  shorthand  in 
which  each  stroke  with  its  attached  circles,  loops,  or 
hooks,  forms  one  of  the  syllables  of  a  word,  is  very  easy 
to  read. 

In  learning  this  lesson,  follow  the  directions  given  on 
page  9. 


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KEY. 

1.  Such,  said,  seek,  sir,  same,  seen,  save,  south. 

2.  Choose,   pass,  does,   case,   loss,  shoes,  this, 
things. 

3.  Passes,  cliooses,  rises,  losses,  voices,  noises, 
faces,  releases. 

4    Stop,  stage,  stuck,  store,  stamp,  stove,  stutf, 
still. 

5.  Past,    test,    cost,    rest,    least,    fast,     must, 
castings. 

6.  Straight,     stretch,    poster,    strong,     strive, 
master,  faster,  casters. 

7.  Resides,  sample,  risk,  notice,  size,  west,  pas- 
sage, deceive. 

8.  Twist,   since,  reasons,  succeed,   system,  de- 
cide, testing,  disposed. 

9.  Seeing,  saying,   missing,    exist,    packages, 
ask,  assume,  aspire. 

10.  Busy,  lazy,  dusty,  pity,  dizzy,  rusty,  empty, 
noisy. 

11.  Office,    strength,    success,    excess,    desires, 
discussed,  noticed,  reduced. 

12.  Sells,    us,    using,    used,    whose,    was,    yes, 
sweet. 

13.  Is,   as,   his,   has,  ease,  easy,   ways,  squeak. 


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WRITING  EXERCISE. 


1  rise,  2  soon,  3  wise,  4  last,  5  receipt,  6  choice, 
7  some,  8  business,  9  lease,  10  days,  11  costing, 
12  passing-,  13  season,  14  school,  15  city,  16  once, 
17  receive,  18  raise,  19  sign,  20  cask,  21  neces- 
sary, 22  step,  23  most,  24  cases,  25  lasting-,  26 
beside,  27  just,  28  stock,  29  reason,  30  less,  31 
justice,  32  stamps,  33  possessed,  34  selling,  35 
safe,  36  these,  37  necessity,  38  eggs,  39  keys,  40 
soap,  41  basin,  42  boys,  43  knows,  44  assist,  45 
caused,  46  amazed,  47  raised,  48  source,  49  east, 
50  post,  51  star,  52  spoke,  53  besides,  54  gas,  55 
noise,  56  mixed,  57  steam,  58  suggest,  59  cause, 
60  cease,  61  resist,  62  those,  63  horizon,  64  dies, 
65  moist,  66  string,  ■  67  reams,  68  strolling,  69 
straps,  70  self,  71  sale,  72  sash,  73  guess,  74  be- 
cause, 75  hasten,  76  music,  77  amused,  78  sau- 
sage, 79  refused,  80  abused,  81  missed,  82  pasty, 
83  disguise,  84  dismissed,  85  desk,  86  escape,  87 
waste,  88  goes,  89  losing,  90  house,  91  twice,  92 
speak,  93  task,  94  distance,  95  best,  96  arise,  97 
slack,  98  postage,  99  storm,  100  fences. 


19 
STRAYER'S  SHORTER  SHORTHAND. 


Lesson  4. 


We  indicate  that  1  is  to  be  read  after  p,  b,  t,  d,  eh  or  j, 
by  forming  a  small  hook  at  the  beginning  of  the  letter  on 
the  right  hand  side  ;  after  k,  g,  r  or  rm,  by  forming  a 
small  hook  at  the  beginning  on  the  upper  side;  after  any 
•urved  letter,  by  forming  a  small  hook  at  the  beginning 
on  the  inner  side.    See  lines  1,  3  and  3. 

We  indicate  that  r  is  to  be  read  after  p,  b,  t,  d,  ch  or  j, 
by  forming  a  small  hook  at  the  beginning  of  the  letter 
on  the  left  hand  side  ;  after  k,  g,  r  or  rm,  by  forming  a 
small  hook  at  the  beginning  on  the  under  side ;  after  m 
or  n,  by  forming  a  small  hook  at  the  beginning  on  the 
Inner  side  and  shading  the  letter ;  after  any  other  curved 
letter,  by  simply  shading  the  letter.    See  lines  4,  5  and  6. 

No  hooks  are  ever  formed  at  the  beginning  of  mp  or  ng 
and  r  or  1  following  them  is  written,  as  learned  in  the 
alphabet. 

L  or  r  following  the  little  letters  may  be  represented 
in  just  the  same  way  as  following  the  large  letters  of  the 
same  shape. 

If  a  word  begins  with  1  or  r,  the  1  or  r  is  written  as 
jearned  in  the  alphabet,  since  the  shorter  way  of  repre- 
senting 1  or  r,  taught  in  this  lesson,  can  only  be  used 
where  1  or  r  follows  some  other  letter. 

If  a  word  ends  with  ly  or  ry.  or  with  1  or  r  followed  by 
any  vowel  to  form  a  syllable,  the  1  or  r  stroke,  as  learned 
in  the  alphabet,  is  Avritten,  and  the  y,  or  vowel,  may  usu- 
ally be  omitted,  but  persons  preferring  to  do  so,  may 
write  the  y.  or  vowel,  to  secure  greater  legibility.  See 
line  11. 


20 

Words  are  sometimes  divided  into  syllables  differing 
from  their  usual  syllabic  division  in  order  to  get  more 
abbreviated  and  consequently  quicker  formed  outlines 
for  them.  As  examples  of  this  principle,  see  the  word, 
likely,  in  line  3 ;  manner,  in  line  5  ;  personal,  in  line  9,and 
usual,  in  line  13. 

Words  are  sometimes  slurred,  or  have  a  letter  that  is 
not  very  prominent  omitted  from  them  in  order  to  get 
an  outline  that  can  be  formed  quicker.  As  an  illustra- 
tion of  this,  praps  is  sometimes  written  for  perhaps  ; 
and  spos  is  sometimes  written  for  suppose;  although  the 
rule  given  in  the  preceding  lesson  would  require  two 
strokes  to  be  used  in  the  word  suppose  to  indicate  that  it 
has  two  syllables. 

In  words  in  which  a  vowel  forms  a  syllable,  the  vowel 
is  often  omitted  on  the  principle  just  above  stated,  as  in 
the  word  quality,  in  line  2 ;  regular,  in  line  8 ;  original, 
in  line  9;  policy,  in  line  11,  and  payable  and  probable,  in 
line  10 ;  but  in  all  such  words,  the  vowel  may  be  inserted 
if  the  student  prefers  to  do  so,  in  order  to  secure  greater 
legibility. 

While  the  above  abbreviating  methods  are  in  general 
use  by  nearly  all  professional  stenographers,  our  stu- 
dents need  not  use  them  unless  they  wish,  and  if  they 
do  use  them,  must  be  cai'eful  to  not  abuse  them  ;  that  is, 
to  not  use  them  to  such  an  extent  as  to  make  their 
.writing  hard  to  read. 

Tn  learning  this  lesson,  follow  the  directions  given  on 
page  9. 


21 
WRITING  EXERCISE. 


Note.— Do  not  practice  this  writing  exercise  until  yon 
have  mastered  the  shorthand  and  Icey  on  the  next  two 
pages. 

1  knowledge,  2  letter,  3  order,  4  offer,  5  thor- 
ough, 6  surely,  7  measure,  8  from,  9  favor, 
10  whether,  11  first,  12  during-,  13  before,  14  al- 
ready, 15  sure,  16  allow,  17  apply,  18  carefully, 
19  express,  20  yours,  21  truly,  22  sincerely, 
23  g-eneral,  24  arrange,  25  impossible,  26  possi- 
ble, 27  nature,  28  under,  29  establish,  30  longer, 
31  well,  32  true,  33  typewriter,  34  deliver, 
35  feature,  36  future,  ,37  carry,  38  full,  39  her, 
40  grasp,  41  bear,  42  nor,  43  quart,  44  pleased, 
45  far,  46  dry,  47  claim,  4S  spring,  49  rule, 
50  glass,  51  gather,  52  together,  53  fall,  51  final, 
55  their,  56  terms,  57  hour,  58  legal,  59  fair, 
SO  scarce,  61  mail,  62  fail,  63  services,  64  pre- 
pare, 65  scarcity,  66  produce,  67  course, 
68  dealer,  69  price,  70  fear,  71  detail,  72  shares, 
73  central,  74  nearly,  75  flourish,  76  surprise. 
77  pure,  78  bring,  79  growing,  80  following, 
81  perhaps,  82  break,  83  care,  84  papers, 
85  parallel,  86  trifle,  87  secure,  88  exercise, 
89  groceries,  90  nearer,  91  electric,  92  proceeds, 
98  degree,  94  remember,  95  number,  96  water, 
97  remarkable,  98  equal,  99  heretofore, 
100  either. 


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KEY. 

1.  Tell,  bill,  play,  call,  real,  glass,  mile,  nails. 

2.  Feel,  shall,  dwelling,  quality,  acknowledg-e, 
barrel,  funnel,  level. 

3.  Places,  couple,   table,  likely,  oblige,  pleas- 
ing, small,  skill. 

4.  Try,  truck,     dear,    chairs,    crossing,    rare, 
copper,  neighbor. 

5    More,  near,  mark,  dinner,  morals,  merely, 

manner,  corner. 
0.  There,   through,   for,   assure,  dwarf,  never, 

dollar,  treasure. 

7.  Promise,  place,    reply,    worth,  large,   work, 
purchase,  laborer. 

8.  Refer,    decrease,    proper,    public,    regular, 
trusting,  single,  o'clock. 

9.  Progress,     personal,     broker,      expressage, 
other,  supply,  prosperous,  original. 

10.  Ever,   however,  payable,  probable,  purpose, 
careful,  wholesale,  coloring. 

11.  Every,  very,  fully,  narrow,  policy,  failure, 
lawyer,  serious. 

12.  All,  are,  our,  or,  where,  here,  year,  your. 

13.  Were,  aware,  will,    while,    although,    also, 
alwavs,  usual. 


24 

STRAYER'S  SHORTER  SHORTHAND, 


Lesson  5. 


F  or  V  folloAving  straight  letters  maybe  represeuted  by 
a  small  hook  at  the  end  of  the  letter,  on  the  right  hand 
side  of  p,  b,  t,  d,  eh  or  j,  and  on  the  upper  side  of  k  g.  r, 
or  rm,  but  f  or  v  following  curved  letters  is  always 
written  as  learned  in  the  alphabet.    See  line  1. 

The  syllable  five  following  straight  letters  may  be  rep- 
resented by  a  large  hook  at  the  end  of  the  letter,  on  the 
right  hand  side  of  p,  b,  t,  d,  ch  or  .i,  and  on  the  upper  side 
of  k.  g,  r  or  rm,  but  five  following  <!urved  letters  is  al- 
ways represented  by  the  letter  t  with  the  v  hook.  See 
line  3. 

N  following  straight  letters  may  be  represented  by  a 
small  hook  at  the  end  of  the  letter,  on  the  left  hand  side 
■^^t'  i>,  b,  t,  d,  eh  or  j,  and  on  the  under  side  of  k,  g,  r  or 
rm,  and  n  following  the  curved  letters  may  be  repre- 
sented by  a  small  hook  at  the  end,  on  the  inner  side.  See 
line  3. 

The  syllable  shun  following  straight  letters  may  be 
represented  by  a  large  hook  at  the  end  of  the  letter,  on 
the  left  hand  side  of  p,  b,  t,  d,  ch  or  j,  and  on  the  under 
side  of  k,  g,  r  or  rm,  and  shun  following  cui-ved  letters 
may  be  represented  by  a  large  hook  at  the  end,  on  the 
inner  side.    See  line  4. 

S  following  f ,  V,  tive,  or  shun,  may  be  added  by  form- 
ing the  s  circle  within  the  f,  v,  tive,  or  shun,  hook.  See 
line  5. 

Ns  following  curved  letters  may  be  represented  by  the 
n  hook  with  the  s  circle  formed  within  it,  but  ns  follow- 


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ing  straight  letters  is  represented  by  a  small  circle  at  the 
end  of  the  letter,  od  the  left  hand  side  of  p,b,  t,  d,  oh  or 
j  and  on  the  under  side  of  k,  g-,  r  or  rm.    See  lines  5  and  K. 

Nses  following  curved  letters  is  represented  by  the  n 
stroke  followed  by  the  ses  circle,  but  nses  following- 
straight  letters  may  be  represented  by  a  large  circle  at 
the  end,  on  the  left  hand  side  of  p,  b,  t,  d,  ch  or  j  and  on 
the  under  side  of  k,  g,  r  or  rm.    See  line  6. 

Nst  following  curved  letters  is  represented  by  the  n 
stroke  followed  by  the  st  loop,  but  nst  following  straight 
letters  may  be  repi-esented  by  a  small  loop  at  the  end, 
on  the  left  hand  side  of  p,  b,  t,  d,  ch  or  j  and  on  the  under 
side  of  k,  g,  r  or  rm.    See  line  6. 

Note  that  the  us  and  nses  circles  and  nst  loop,  on 
straip-ht  letters,  ditfer  from  the  s  and  ses  circles  and  st 
looii,  explained  in  the  third  lesson,  in  that  they  are 
lormed  on  the  opposite  side  (on  theside  that  then  hook 
is  formed  on,  thus  really  including  the  n)  and  in  that 
they  are  formed  only  at  the  end  of  letters. 

F,  V,  n  or  ns,  following  little  letters  may  be  repre- 
sented in  just  the  same  way  as  following  the  large  let- 
ters of  the  same  shape,  but  tive  would  have  to  be  writ- 
ten t  with  the  V  hook;  shun,  sh  with  the  n  hook:  and 
nses,  the  n  stroke  with  the  ses  circle. 

If  a  word  ends  with  ny,  or  fy,  or  vy.  or  "with  n,  f,  or  v, 
followed  by  any  vowel  to  form  a  syllable,  the  n,  f,  or  v 
stroke,  as  learned  in  the  alphabet,  is  written  and  the  y. 
or  vowel,  may  usually  be  omitted,  but  persons  prefer- 
ring to  do  so,  may  write  the  vowel  to  secure  greater 
legibility.    See  line  11. 

The  writing  disjoined  of  parts  of  a  word  that  will  not 
join  easily  is  nicely  illustrated  in  this  lesson  by  the  word 
fashionable  in  line  4,  stationery  in  line' 7,  engraving  in 
line  9,  and  vainly  in  line  10.    Remember  that  in  all  cases 


26 

where  the  parts  of  a  word  are  written  disjoined,  they 
must  be  written  real  close  together  so  that  they  Avill  at 
once  be  recognized  as  parts  of  the  same  woi'd  and  will 
not  be  taken  for  two  separate  words. 

IJoth  the  abbreviated  and  the  complete  forms  for  the 
words  situation  and  occupation  are  given  in  lines  9  an<l 

10.  A  large  number  of  words  will  be  met  in  all  kinds  of 
actvial  work  in  which  the  student  will  be  compelled  to 
choose  between  abbreviated  forms  and  complete  forms, 
and  each  student  may  use  whichever  best  serves  his  pur. 
pose . 

Sorce  of  the  other  words  in  this  lesson  for  which 
plainer  outlines  could  be  written  by  persons  desiring  to 
do  so.  are  nationality— line  ■!;  stationery— line  7;  diction- 
ary—line 10;  opportvinity— line  11;  navy  and  coffee— line 

11.  which  could  be  made  plainer  bj^  adding  the  y  of  the 
ordinary  spelling. 

In  learning  this  lesson,  follow  the  directions  given  on 
page  9. 


27 


WRITING  EXERCISE. 


Note.— Do  not  practice  this  writing-  exercise  until  you 
have  mastered  the  shorthand  and  kej'  on  the  next  two 
pages. 

1  common,  2  again,  8  contain,  4  month.  5 
tariff,  6  county,  7  company,  8  reprove,  9  brief. 
10  approve,  11  provoke,  12  believe,  13  green,  14 
man,  15  noon,  16  linlno-,  17  leave,  18  loan,  19 
then,  20  improves,  2]  rough,  22  belief,  23  giv- 
ing, 24  relation,  25  own,  26  thank,  27  sudden, 
28  plans,  29  main,  30  learn,  81  remain,  32 known, 
33  bargain,  34  fine,  35  sustain,  36  vacation,  37 
session,  38  began,  39  proves,  40  gain,  41  broken- 
42  leaves,  43  expense,  44  thinnest,  45  portions, 
46  join,  47  hence,  48  adoption,  49  money,  50  re- 
fine, 51  satisfy,  52  difter,  53  influence,  54  com- 
mence, 55  astonish,  56  alive,  57  strain,  58  en- 
gine, 59  only,  60  upon,  61  open,  62  above,  63 
finish,  64  over,  65  stain,  66  varnish,  67  princi- 
ple, 68  appear,  69  motion,  70  behind,  71  loca- 
tion, 72  pardon,  73  burn,  74  achieve,  75  grave, 
76  cliff,  77  love,  78  difference,  79  collectively, 
80  men,  81  education,  82  cave,  83  gave,  84  am- 
munition, 85  commotion,  86  knife,  87  drive,.  88 
mines,  89  relatives,  90  relations,  91  loans,  92 
gloves,  93  entrances,  94  provinces,  95  minister, 
96  administer,  97  menaced,  98  musician,  99  pre- 
serve,   100  preservation. 


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KEY. 

1.  Prove,  chief,   give,  arrive,  observe,  enough, 
move,  after. 

2.  Actively,     negative,     perceptive,    defective, 
relatively,  motive,   superlative,  native. 

3.  Been,    plan,    drawn,    grown,    mean,    none, 
learning,  than. 

4.  Station,  action,  attention,  impression,  infor- 
mation, nationality,  fashionable  evasion. 

5.  Reproves,  examines,  connections,  sensations, 
deserves,  reference,  insurance,  grooves. 

6.  Balance,  suspense,  gains,  fences,   expenses, 
finest,  chanced,  against. 

7.  Giving,    stationery,   think,    done,    morning, 
opinion,  furnish,  publication. 

8.  Bank,     acceptation,     indications,     undesir- 
able, knives,  loans,  transaction,  cleanses. 

9.  Situation,  decision,  explanation,  cancel,  dis- 
pensed, reserve,  engraving,  return. 

10.  Occupation,   cleansed,    dictionary,    intense, 
diminish,  vainly,  acquisition,  distribution. 

11.  Funny,   many,    navy,   coffee,   fancy,   oppor- 
tunity, inspection,  alone. 

12.  If,  of,  in,  an,  and,  on,  hand,  between. 

13.  Can,  when,  unless,   even,    mention,    happen, 
moreover,  enclosed. 


30 

STRAYER'S  SHORTER  SHORTHAND. 


Lesson  6. 

T  or  d  following  any  large  letter  may  be  represented 
by  making  the  letter  half  length.    See  line  1. 

When  hooks  are  formed  at  the  end  of  half  length  let- 
ters, they  are  always  read  before  the  t  or  d  added  by  the 
halving.    See  line  2. 

When  the  s  circle  is  formed  at  the  end  of  half  length 
letters,  it  is  always  read  after  the  t  or  d  added  bj'  the 
halving.    See  line  3. 

When  the  s  circle  is  formed  inside  of  hooks  at  the  end 
of  half  length  letters,  the  hook  is  read  before  and  the  s 
circle  after  the  t  or  d  added  by  the  hah'ing,  and  by  the 
same-  rule,  the  ns  circle,  when  formed  on  half  length 
straight  letters  forms  the  combination  nts  or  nds.  See 
line  4. 

Once  in  a  great  while,  it  becomes  necessarj'-  to  make 
some  arbitrary  difference  between  words  which  would 
otherAvise  have  tbe  same  shorthand  outlines— in  order  to 
be  absolutely  certain  which  word  is  to  be  read.  The  two 
words  of  this  class  of  most  frequent  occurrence  are 
reading  and  writing  which  would  both  be  correctly  writ- 
ten r  half  length— ing.  In  this  case,  we  suggest  that 
write  be  always  written  w— r  half  length,  and  read, 
simply  r  half  length.  The  stenographer  should  adopt 
different  outlines  for  any  two  words  which  would  other- 
wise be  Avritten  exactly  alike,  unless  the  sense  would 
enable  him  to  know  for  a  certainty  which  word  was  to 
be  read,  but  cases  where  a  resort  to  this  expedient  is 
necessarj'-  will  be  found  to  be  exceedingly  rare. 


The  common  abbreviations  may  be  used  for  the  names 
of  states,  cities,  months,  companies,  and  for  any  other 
words  which  have  familiar  abbreviations.    See  line  9. 

Nearly  all  professional  stenogi-aphers  use  the  short- 
hand that  would  spell  the  first,  or  the  first  and  second, 
or  one  or  two  of  the  most  prominent  syllables  of  it,  as 
an  abbreviation  for  any  long  word  that  occurs  frequently 
in  any  particular  piece  of  work  they  are  doing. 

"Writers  of  this  system  are  advised  to  follow  their  ex- 
ample, but  are  cautioned  against  using  indiscriminately 
abbreviations  for  words  that  have  no  familiar  abbrevia- 
tions and  that  are  of  infrequent  occurrence,  for  fear  the 
injudicious  use  of  improvised  abbreviations  might  make 
their  shorthand  illegible. 

In  learning  this  lesson,  follow  the  directions  given  on 
page  9. 


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KEY. 

1.  Need,  but,   late,   great,   pan,   state,    short, 
held. 

2.  Bound,  land,  don't,  planned,  mourned,  deter- 
mined, respond,  draft. 

3.  Notes,  dates,   rates,   states,   goods,  devotes, 
results,  avoids. 

4.  Friends,  amounts,   payments,  grafts,  tends, 
kinds,  imprints,  grounds. 

5.  Not,  that,    applied,  expect,   except,   accept, 
toward,  according. 

6.  About,    should,   cannot,   account,   frequent, 
acquainted,  attitude,  dated. 

7.  Glad,    method,    present,    credit,   moderate, 
select,  desei'ved,  mailed. 

8.  President,  getting,  standing,  regret,  brought, 
tighten,  pretends,  fault. 

9.  New  York,  Pa.,  Balto.,  Phila.,  Jan.,  Oct.,  B. 
&  O.  R.  R.,  gentlemen. 

10.  Mr.,  movement,   compelled,    satisfied,   diffi- 
cult, numbered,  kindness,  invent. 

11.  Considered,  old,  little,  remarked,  advertise- 
ment, midnight,  notify,  act. 

12.  Beyond,   object,    advantage,   important,   im- 
proved, improvement,  affect,  effect. 

13.  Shipped,    shipment,    department,   governed, 
received,  apt,  settlement,   forward. 


34 


WRITING  EXERCISE. 


1  put,  2  event,  o  might,  4  g-rade,  5  rent,  6  writ- 
ten, 7  canned,  8  find,  0  good,  10  depends,  11  re- 
sult,   12  pleasant,    18  dry  goods,    14  demand,    15 
ground,    16  report,    17  cents,     18  judgment,     19 
made,  20  private,   21  could,    22  prevent,    23  ob- 
served,   24  imports,    25  receipted,   26  rapid,    27 
art,      28  instead,      29  kindlj^,     30  regarding,    31 
fi'iend,  32  paid,  33  avoid,  34  towards,  35  exactly, 
36  correspondence,      37  payment,      38  hold,     39 
market,    40  prompt,  41  provide,    42  attempt,  43 
promote,  44  recent,  45  bright.    46  delivered,    47 
remittance,  48  around,  49  amount,  50  requested, 
51  world,  52  patient,  53  indirectly,  54  statement, 
55  capital,  56  direct,  57  afford,  58  effort,  59  per- 
mits,   60  divides,    61  importance,  62- subject,  63 
different,  64  moved,  65  advertise,  66  advertised, 
67  duty,  68  immediately,  69  hundred,  70  thought, 
71  without,  72  completed,  73  compelled,  74  par- 
ticular, 75  agent,  76  requested,  77  noted,  78  con- 
tents, 79  respectfully,    80  obedient,  81  night,  82 
feared,  83  deeds,  84  band.  85  prints,  86  brands, 
87  permit,    88  paints,    89  painting,  90  plants,  91 
minds,    92  debit,    93  bundle,    94  sentiment,     95 
grafts,   96  gratifies,  97  body,  98  garret,  99  bold, 
100  bend. 


35 
SUGGESTIONS, 


When  the  student  has  thoroughly  mastered  the  six  les- 
sons given  on  the  preceding  pages  of  this  book,  he  can 
write  anything  and  everything  in  shorthand.  It  is  true 
his  writing  will  be  slow  at  first,  perhaps  no  faster  than  in 
ordinary  penmanship,  but  if  he  continues  to  write,  he 
will  grow  more  and  more  rapid,  until  he  can  write  prob- 
ably at  least  five  or  six  times  as  fast  as  in  the  old  way. 
We  suggest  that  the  stuaent  go  over  the  text  book  fre- 
quently, reviewing  the  rules,  and  practicing  all  of  the 
shorthand,  until  the  desired  speed  has  been  attained. 

On  the  following  pages,  will  be  found  two  shoi-t  articles 
written  in  shorthand,  to  illustrate  how  the  shorihand 
should  look  in  ordinary  work.  Note  that  the  words  are 
written  quite  close  together,  and  that  spaces  about  one 
and  one-half  inches  in  length,  are  left  after  the  end  of 
each  sentence,  and  that  each  part  of  a  sentence  is  set 
off  from  the  rest  of  it  by  smaller  spaces,  the  length  of 
the  spaces  varying  according  to  the  closeness  of  the  con- 
nection in  the  sense,  or  in  the  construction  of  the  sen- 
tence. We  wish  to  urge  all  writers  of  this  system,  to  use 
long  spaces  for  separating  sentences  from  each  other 
and  short  spaces  for  separating  the  parts  of  the  same 
sentence,  since  shorthand  is  two  or  three  times  as  easy 
to  read,  when  you  can  see  just  what  words  must  be  taken 
together  to  make  sense. 

Writing  shorthand  without  spaces,  is  just  like  writing 
ordinary  writing  without  any  punctuation,  and  with  no 
capital  letters,  and  running  everything  together.  If 
print  was  handed  to  you  in  that  shape,  you  would  prob- 
ably have  to  go  over  it  two  or  three  times  to  get  the 
sense,  and  it  is  just  the  same  way  with  shorthand.  The 
spaces  take  the  place  of  both  punctuation  and  capitals. 
Put  them  in  intelligently,  and  plentifully,  and  we  think 
you  will  have  no  diflficulty  in  reading  your  shorthand. 

If  it  should  ever  be  necessary  to  use  parentheses,  or 
the  dash,— form  them  with  waved  lines,  so  that  they  will 
not  be  mistaken  for  shorthand  characters.  The  ordinary 
marks  may  be  used  for  quotations.  In  writing  proper 
names  that  are  not  familiar,  it  is  best  to  write  them  in 
ordinary  writing. 

If  there  should  be  anything  else  you  wish  to  know, 
write  us  about  it.  and  let  us  hear  from  you  occasionally 
concerning  your  progress,  the  advantage  that  you  find 
this  system  of  shorthand  to  you,  or  anything  else  that 
would  be  mutually  interesting. 


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STRAYER'S  SHORTER  SHORTHAND  VER- 
SUS UNIVERSAL  SHORTHAND. 


As  was  mentioned  at  the  beginning-  of  this 
book,  the  two  things  in  which  this  system  of 
shorthand  differs  radically  from  the  systems  in 
general  use,  are  the  shortness  of  time  required 
to  learn  it,  and  the  plainness  of  the  writing,  or 
the  ease  with  which  it  can  be  read. 

As  has  already  been  said,  this  system  is  just 
the  thing  for  the  person  who  needs  shorthand 
for  his  own  use,  and  for  the  person  who  wishes 
to  fit  himself  quickly  for  an  office  situation  as 
Stenographer  or  Private  Secretary.  It  can  be 
learned  in  a  few  hours,  is  almost  as  plain  as 
print,  and  when  thoroughly  mastered  is  speedy 
enough  for  all  kinds  of  ordinary  amanuensis 
stenographic  work.  Those  facts  make  it  desir- 
able that  almost  every  one  who  can  read  and 
write,  should  learn  this  system  of  ^orthand- 
It  will  be  such  a  help  to  everybody  and  will 
save  every  one  so  much  time,  that  no  well  edu- 
cated person  can  afford  to  be  unable  to  use  it. 

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And  DOW  about  Universal  Shorthand.  Who 
should  learn  it  ? 

We  use  the  term  Universal  Shorthand  as  an 
equivalent  for  the  system  now  in  general  use  by 
nearly  all  professional  stenographers,  and  there 
is  but  one  such  system;  for  while  one  steno- 
grapher will  tell  you  that  he  uses  the  Isaac  Pit- 
man system,  and  another  that  he  writes  the 
Ben  Pitman,  a  third  that  he  is  a  champion  of 
the  Munson  system,  and  a  fourth  that  nothing- 
will  compare  with  the  Graham,  and  so  on, — 
those  systems  are  in  reality  all  one  and  the 
same  system  with  slight  variations. 

Universal  Shorthand,  should  be  learned  by 
everyone  who  wishes  to  become  a  verbatim  re- 
porter, and  by  everyone  who  wishes  to  make  a 
living  as  a  professional  Stenographer,  provided 
the  person  can  attend  a  Business  College  and 
remain  long  enough  to  thoroughly  master  it. 

When  learned,  it  can  be.  written  about  a  third 
faster  than  this  system,  but  it  usually  requires 
three  or  four  times  as  long  to  learn  it,  and 
it  is  not  as  easy  to  read. 


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[■  The'learning-  of  Universal  Shorthand,  should 

not  be  undertaken  by  persons  wishing-  Short- 
hand for  their  own  use,  or  by  persons  wishing 
to  fit  themselves  for  office  situations  as  steno- 
graphers in  a  very  short  time,  nor  by  persons 
who  cannot  arrange  to  attend  a  Business  Col- 
lege; because  in  all  such  cases,  the  student  is 
likely  to  become  discouraged  and  give  it  up  be- 
fore becoming  able  to  make  practical  use  of    it. 

Persons  wishing  to  attend  Business  College 
to  learn  Shorthand,  should  by  all  means  corre- 
spond with  Strayer's  Business  College,  Balti- 
more, Md.,  because  it  offers  exceptional  induce- 
ments, both  in  the  superiority  of  its  courses, 
and  the  smallness  of  its  charges. 

The  best  text-book  for  those  wishing  to  study 
at  home,  is  Strayer's  Universal  Shorthand, 
which  can  be  purchased  from  the  publisher  of 
this  book  at  $1.50  per  copy. 

This  system,  Strayer's  Shorter  Shorthand,  is 
made  up  solely  of  the  easier  parts  of  j[Universal 
Shorthand. 


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TYPEWRITING. 


To  persons  who  wish  to  fill  office  situations  as 
stenographers,  the  ability  to  do  neat,  rapid,  and 
accurate,  typewriting-,  is  an  absolute  necessity; 
to  all  other  persons,  a  practical  knowledge  of 
typewriting,  is  an  accomplishment  that  is  likely 
to  come  in  good  sometime,  very  often  much 
sooner  than  the  person  expects  when  acquir- 
ing it. 

In  view  of  these  facts,  we  think  that  every  one 
who  has  learned  shorthand,  should  learn  type- 
writing too,  and  Strayer's  Business  College, 
Baltimore,  Md.,  would  be  glad  to  send  a  type- 
writer to  your  home,  and  give  you  a  course  of 
instruction,  by  mail,  in  typewriting,  on  terms 
that  would  probably  surprise  you  on  account  of 
their  reasonableness. 

If  you  would  be  interested  in  this  matter,  write 
them  for  terms,  etc.  They  are  also  often  able  to 
be  of  assistance  to  persons  wishing  to  purchase 
typewriters.  They  will  gladly  serve  you  in  any 
way  they  can. 


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